Ardmillan
Ardmillan is a settlement in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,500. It features one school, one park or green space, and one restaurant or café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ardmillan area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- County
- Ards and North Down
Weather
10°CLight rain shower
- Today: 11° / 9° · 57% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:11Sunset 17:02
9h 51m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
27US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
11 food businesses within 2 miles
- 11 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
1 charging location within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Castle Espie Wetland Centre (5.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- DUP 14
- Alli 12
- UUP 8
- SDLP 1
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
6,005 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£24,420 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.8
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.7
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Strangford:
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings185 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth131 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately126 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases122 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)